Martin Chalfie Quotes
I had been interested in science from when I was very young, but after a disastrous summer lab experience in which every experiment I tried failed, I decided on graduating from college that I was not cut out to be a scientist.
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Can you imagine being Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400s trying to describe his ideas for machines that would allow humans to fly to the average person of his time? This is hundreds of years before the invention of electricity, the internal combustion engine, and many other things we take for granted today.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.
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The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.
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I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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Ultimately love is everything.
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You were born as the one you are.
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The stage is a place where I can be wholly myself. Even though you're in front of people almost to be judged, it is a place without judgement.
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My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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In Latin America, people want you to write beautiful melodies and words. But there are also songs that do well because they show the reality of life.
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I put up some great numbers.
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I hate birthdays.
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There's something grounded about 'Ugly Americans,' so I think it's good that I'm playing a version of myself in these elevated cartoon circumstances.
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I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.
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The way governments treat their own citizens matters; it matters because it can have a direct impact on international peace and security - and on our respective national security interests.
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I don't travel much; I just stay at home and imagine weird places.
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I'm a dweller of the threshold and I'm waiting at the door, and I'm standing in the darkness, I don't want to wait no more.
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A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its mass and proportions are the result of an emotion, as well as of calculation.
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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
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I will put up with any mockery rather than pretend that I am satisfied when I am hungry.
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I had been interested in science from when I was very young, but after a disastrous summer lab experience in which every experiment I tried failed, I decided on graduating from college that I was not cut out to be a scientist.
